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09/06/1932 |
Boxing match is held at Fenway Park. |
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08/18/1936 |
Jack Sharkey loses a fight for the heavyweight championship in New York City. |
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12/16/1940 |
Joe Louis beats Al McCoy with a sixth round TKO at Boston Garden. |
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10/21/1948 |
Tony DeMarco wins his first professional fight at Boston Garden. |
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08/27/1951 |
Rocky Marciano wins his only fight at Boston Garden. |
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09/23/1952 |
Rocky Marciano wins the world’s heavyweight boxing championship in Philadelphia. |
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04/24/1953 |
Tommy Collins loses a welterweight championship fight at Boston Garden. |
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03/23/1954 |
Hagler (“Marvelous” Marvin) is born in Newark, New Jersey. |
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04/01/1955 |
Tony DeMarco wins the world welterweight boxing championship. |
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06/10/1955 |
Tony DeMarco loses the world welterweight boxing championship in Syracuse, New York. |
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